Croatia · 14th century
The Walls of Ston (Croatian: Stonske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern Croatia. Their construction was begun in 1358. On the Field Gate of the Walls (Poljska vrata) there is a Latin inscription which dates from 1506. Today, it is among the longest preserved fortification systems in the world.
The Walls of Ston were known as the "European Great Wall of China".
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Walls of Ston ranks #886 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 79 mapped in Croatia. Founded 1358, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,818 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 32 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Dalmatia. It is stop 16 of 21 on the Dalmatian fortress coast, Zadar to Dubrovnik. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.
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